Baking-pan.



A. J. WILL.

BAKING BAN. APPLICATION FILED AUG-22' 1914- -Pat entd Jan. 16, 1917.

UNITED STATES PATENT .OFFICE.

ANTHONY J. WILL, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE AUGUST MAAGCOMPANY, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, A CORPORATION OF MARYLAND.

BAKING-PAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 16, 1917.

Application filed August 22, 1914. Serial No. 858,097.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AN'rnoxY J. VVILL, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Baltimore, Maryland, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Bakinglans, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to baking pans and more particularly to breadpans for use in bakeries.

It is the object of the invention to provide a series of connected panswhich are suitably reinforced to withstand the service to which they aresubjected and which will not accumulate an undesirable amount of greaseand other material on the outside thereof.

A further object of the invention is to provide a series of similar panswhich can be made with the same dies and which hai e their meeting edgesconnected together so as to reinforce the sides of the pans and stiffenthe series as a unit.

The novel features of the invention will be apparent from the followingdescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, inwhich,

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a series of pans embodying theinvention; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof; Fig. 3 is afragmentary section similar to Fig. 2 and showing another form ofconnection between the meeting edges of the pans; and Fig. 4 is anenlarged section on the line 66 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, 10, 11, 12 and 13 indicate a series ofrectangular pans which are surrounded and united by means of a rod 14.As is customary in baking pans the upper edges are provided with flangeswhich serve as reinforcements and in the case of the end pans 10 and 13the flanges on three sides are turned over the rod 14. The intermediatepans 11 and 12 have the flanges at the ends thereof turned over the rod14 and in this way all of the pans are formed into a unit by means ofthe rod 14.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the flanges on the meeting edges of the pansare overlapped and secured together by means of rivets 15. All of theflanges on the pans are preferably of the same width so that all of thepans of a series may be formed with the same set of dies. From Fig. 2 itwill appear that the flange 16 of the pan 11 has its outer end foldedand arranged in the corner between the flange 17 and the side of theadjacent pan so that the flange 1(5 acts as a reinforcement for the sideof the pan 10. The flange 17 has its outer edge folded and being rivetedto the flange 16 serves to protect and reinforce the side ofthe pan 11.In forming the pans the triangular corner folds 18 are preferablyarranged on the ends of the pans and held by the turned edge 19, as

shown in Fig. 4.

Instead of riveting the overlapped flanges together, as shown in Figs. 1and 2, they may be folded, interlocked and secured as shown at 20 inFig. 3 and it will be under-\ stood that in either construction thedistance between the pans of the series may be varied as desired. Byusing the round rod 14 to secure the pans together and also to reinforcethem a much more sanitary construction is provided than where bars areused to connect the pans together, as the grease and dough has atendency to accumulate beneath and upon the bars and thus make them moreor less unsanitary. Furthermore, when the rod 14 becomes bent, in usingthe pans, the series may be easily straightened out.

I am aware that it has heretofore been proposed to make up a series ofbread pans with intermediate bridging pieces connecting the flanges ofadjacent pans but such constructions are undesirable on account of theexpense and additional operations required in inserting the bridgingpieces and the inherent weakness of such constructions. By directlyoverlapping the flanges of adjacent pans and securing them together Iproduce a structure which is simpler, cheaper, much stronger and whichis more sanitary, in that it has fewer joints or seams. My improvedmultiple bread pan requires no reinforcement excepting the marginalWire. whereas in prior structures in which the pans have been connectedby bridging pieces, wires were required under the pans to secure thenecessary rigidity, thus preventing nesting of the pans which is anessential feature in modern bakeries. It is well knownthat on account ofchanges of temperature and rough handling the multiple baking pansbecome warped and distorted and my reinforcements, comprising theoverlapped and secured flanges and the marginal wire, being all in thesame plane, permit of readily straightening the series of pans.

It will be observed that in all of the forms illustrated the interior ofthe pans is free from rivets and other devices which would scar thebread.

Having described my invention what I claim and desire to secure byLetters-Patent 1s,

1. A series of rectai'lgular baking pans arranged side by side and eachhaving flanges on all four sides, a reinforcing 1nember surrounding theseries of pans, each of the end pans of the series having the flanges onthree of its sides turned over said member and each of the intermediatepans having the flanges on two of its sides turned over said member, theremaining flanges being folded, overlapped and secured directly togetherin pairs throughout substantially their full length. I

2. A series of rectangular baking pans formed from blanks of uniformsize having flanges on all of their sides, a reinforcing membersurrounding the series of pans, each of the end pans of the serieshaving the flanges on three of its sides turned over said 1ne1nber andeach of the intermediate pans ANTHONY J. WILL. Witnesses:

G120. H. Lrrz, ALLYN A. GARDNER.

